UH ranks No. 8 in the latest AP poll, up from No. 11 last week. The Cougars rank No. 7 in the coaches poll, also up from No. 11 last week.

It marks the first time in the top 10 for the Cougars since 1990. That season, UH ranked as high as No. 3.

The latest Bowl Championship Series rankings will release at 7:15 p.m. tonight.

The Cougars (11-0, 7-0 Conference USA) are coming off a 37-7 win over SMU on Saturday. It marks the third time in school history that UH has won 11 games and it is the first time that they are 11-0. UH’s regular season finale is at 11 a.m. on Friday at Tulsa (8-3, 7-0), with the winner earning a berth in the Conference USA championship game.

Also, senior linebacker Sammy Brown snagged a weekly award on Sunday.

Brown, who led the Cougars with 10 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and three sacks, was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation.

Brown leads the country in tackles for loss with 26 and is second in the country in sacks with 12.5.